Lookout for 2000, the millennium, links to Forest-related sites
This is information quoted from an email on the Earth Rainbow Network (ERN), July 20, 1998. It is from the USA, but I feel much of the information is globally applicable and a good place to start.
A forest is a vibrant and mysterious place that gives us the air we
breathe. Every fallen tree in an untouched forest is not a wasted
"product." It is a vibrant birthplace for new trees. Every inch of
moss on a mountain waterfall is a mysterious universe unto itself.
We need to appreciate the importance of a tree that is standing and
expose the mythology of the U.S. lumber industry, an industry that
seems to be in business to export our heritage and sell our future.
Don't let it happen.
RESOURCES
- Learn more about the public cost of logging roads from the
Northwest Ecosystem Alliance at http://www.pacificrim.net/~nwea/
- The World Wildlife Fund tracks worldwide forest decline. Check them
out at http://www.worldwildlife.org/forests/overview.htm
- Visit a panorama of a clearcut forest in Canada at
http://geogweb.berkeley.edu/GeoImages/QTVR/VancouverIsland/NimpkshClearcutS.html
- Learn more about the clearcutting problem from the Wilderness
society at
http://www.wilderness.org/standbylands/forests/paying.htm
- Find your Congressperson and e-mail them. If you know your Zip
code, you can find them at
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ziptoit.html and tell them you
want our forest resources managed for the future health of the planet,
not the immediate health of business. Tell them to stop exporting our
trees.
- In Canada, where the lumber industry operates without even the
minor controls present in the U.S., nearly 3 billion board feet of
lumber was exported, 2.2 billion of which went to Japan. Read about
the lumber export business at
http://www.randomlengths.com/samples.html#expdf and select the
"Random Lengths Export Example" to get a PDF file of the March 1998
EXPORT report.
- Learn about the issues. Seek out books on the subject. A good
source for used (and new) books is Powell's Bookstore in Portland,
Oregon at http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/associate?assoc_id=3D212
where you will find a wonderful alternative to the massive chain
bookstores taking over the market.
- Visit the owlcam at http://members.aol.com/owlbox/nest98.htm to
see a family of owls living and raising their young. Remind yourself
of the miraculous cycles of life. Updated daily.
- The web site you are in {note, that provided the information on this page, Envirolink, is a powerful resource. Visit
it often at http://www.envirolink.org/ and look here first for much
of what you need to know about our environment.
- One of the most unique conservation organizations is The Nature
Conservancy. Using donations, they buy critical habitat and protect it
forever! To date, they have preserved 10.2 million acres in the U.S.
and 60 million acres in other parts of the world. Check them out at
http://www.tnc.org/involved/nsforms/work.html
{Jackie Giuliano, Ph. D., can be found in Venice, California, mourning
the trees and wearing an air pollution filter mask around town when he
drives. He is a Professor of Environmental Studies for Antioch
University, Los Angeles, and the University of Phoenix Southern
California Campuses. Please send your thoughts, comments, and visions
to him at ecojackie@mediaone.net and visit his web site at
http://www.jps.net/jackieg/.}
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